Soon you will notice a change to Medical Staff Leader Insider. Your weekly source of medical staff news will become a twice weekly publication, with more in-depth coverage and analysis of news stories. You will then be able to access these articles on...
This week’s tip comes from Credentialing A to Z. OPPE isn’t without its difficulties and having a physician with no activity in your facility is one of them. You are required to collect data for evaluation of all privileged providers so...
Competence evaluations for allied health professionals (AHP) is not onerous. For Joint Commission–accredited organizations, the HR standards require that AHPs have the same education, training, and competence requirements as their employed equivalents. For example, if the hospital employs...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 44
Organizations are drowning in unproductive meetings, according to author Al Pittampalli in an article for Harvard Business Review. Often it is difficult to distinguish the worthwhile ones from the worthless due to vague language that hides a meeting’s true purpose. Often what we...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 44
A survey of C-suite executives from 320 hospitals nationwide identified the top challenges facing healthcare organizations. Nearly two-thirds of respondents said managing the switch to value-based reimbursement models was a top challenge.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 44
With the impending physician shortage brought on by an aging baby boom generation and millions of newly insured Americans through the Affordable Care Act, new healthcare models may need to be explored to meet the population’s needs.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 44
It’s National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week, which is the perfect time to check out Credentialing Resource Center Daily. All week it has featured content devoted to the role of medical services professionals...
